Telegraphy – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
telegraphy
n.
installation and operation of telegraph systems
Telegraphy
Telegraphy (from
Greek: τῆλε , "at a distance" and γράφειν , "to write") is the long-distance transmission of textual or symbolic (as opposed to verbal or audio) messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus
semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas
pigeon post is not.
telegraphy
Noun
1. communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire
(hypernym) telecommunication, telecom
(class) cable, telegraph, wire
2. apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
(synonym) telegraph
(hypernym) apparatus, setup
Telegraphy
(n.)
The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
telegraphy
A form of
telecommunication which is concerned in any process providing
transmission and reproduction at a distance of documentary matter, such as written or printed matter or fixed images, or the reproduction at a distance of any kind of
information in such a form. For the purposes of the
Radio Regulations , unless otherwise specified therein, telegraphy shall mean a form of telecommunication for the transmission of written matter by the use of a
signal code. [
NTIA] [
RR]
